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The physical and electrochemical properties of poly(vinylidene chloride-co-acrylonitrile)-based polymer electrolytes prepared with different plasticizers

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Lithium ion-conducting membranes with poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)/poly(vinylidene chloride-co-acrylonitrile) (PVdC-co-AN)/lithium perchlorate (LiClO4) were prepared by solution casting method. Different plasticizers ethylene carbonate (EC), propylene carbonate (PC), gamma butyrolactone (gBL), diethyl carbonate (DEC), dimethyl carbonate (DMC), and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) were complexed with the fixed ratio of PEO/PVdC-co-AN/LiClO4. The preparation and physical and electrochemical properties of the gel polymer electrolytes have been briefly elucidated in this paper. The maximum ionic conductivity value computed from the ac impedance spectroscopy is found to be 3 × 10−4 S cm−1 for the EC-based system. From DBP-based system down to EC-based system, a decrease of crystallinity and an increase of amorphousity are depicted by X-ray diffraction technique, the decrease of band gap energy is picturized through UV–visible analysis, the decrease of glass transition temperature is perceived from differential scanning calorimetry plots, and the reduction of photoluminescence intensity is described through photoluminescence spectroscopy study at an excitation wavelength of 280 nm. Atomic force microscopic images of EC-based polymer electrolyte film show the escalation of micropores. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy study supports the complex formation and the interaction between the polymers, salt, and plasticizer. The maximum thermal stability is obtained from thermogravimetry/differential thermal analysis, which is found to be 222 °C for the sample complexed with EC. The cyclic voltagram of the sample having a maximum ionic conductivity shows a small redox current at the anode, and cathode and the chemical stability is confirmed by linear sweep voltammetry.

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Subbu, C., Rajendran, S., Kesavan, K. et al. The physical and electrochemical properties of poly(vinylidene chloride-co-acrylonitrile)-based polymer electrolytes prepared with different plasticizers. Ionics 22, 229–240 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-015-1535-7

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